American Civil Liberties Union

Women's Rights:
The ACLU's Women's Rights Project was co-founded in 1972 by Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Through litigation, community outreach, advocacy and public education, WRP empowers poor women, women of color and immigrant women who have been victimized by gender bias and face pervasive barriers to equality. Learn more about the WRP.

Womens Rights : General : Publications

Women's Rights Project: 2007 Project Report (02/01/2008)

Timeline of Major Supreme Court Decisions on Women's Rights (10/25/2007)
The ACLU Women's Rights Project has compiled a timeline of major Supreme Court decisions on women's rights.

Women's Rights Project: 2006 Project Report (02/21/2007)
In 2006, the ACLU Women's Rights Project advanced our core areas of focus and continued to play a unique role in the women's movement by bringing together four often-unrelated sectors of social justice advocacy -- employment, violence against women, criminal justice and education.

Tribute: The Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and WRP Staff (03/07/2006)
Learn about the women who put gender equality on the ACLU agenda.

Aryeh Neier: Reflections on Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Leadership of the ACLU Women’s Rights (03/02/2006)
Aryeh Neier, former Executive Director of the ACLU, Founding Director of Human Rights Watch, and currently President of the Soros Foundations and the Open Society Institute, reflects on his hiring of Ruth Bader Ginsburg to direct the Women’s Rights Project and her tenure at the ACLU.

Tribute: The Legacy Of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (03/02/2006)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg founded the ACLU Women’s Rights Project in 1972 and led its efforts until she was appointed to the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in 1980. During the 1970s, Ginsburg and her staff achieved momentous legal victories in the area of women’s rights and helped lay the groundwork for future women’s rights advocacy.

Annual Report 2005 (02/17/2006)
The ACLU's Women's Rights Project reports on progress and achievements in 2005. Includes a tribute to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Sample ACLU Women's Rights Speech (03/02/2005)
Emily Martin's Keynote delivered to the Annual Feminists at Penn Law School Awards Dinner

Annual Report 2004 (02/22/2005)

Women's Rights Project Annual Report 2003 (12/23/2003)

Women and Girls: Policy Briefs on Critical Issues in Michigan (11/12/2003)

Women's Rights Project Annual Report 2002 (03/03/2003)

Women's Rights Project Annual Report 2001 (01/28/2003)

Raising the Bar: Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the ACLU Women's Rights Project,The Texas Journal of Women & the Law, 157 (2002) (12/11/2002)

Women's Rights in Theory and Practice: Employment, Violence, and Poverty (05/21/2002)

The History of the ACLU Women's Rights Project (02/14/2002)

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